Charter School Has One Last Chance To Prove Progress

SEATTLE (AP) — The statewide Charter School Commission has voted to give Washington's first charter school one last chance to show it has made enough progress to continue operating for another school year.

During a virtual meeting of the commission on Wednesday, the commission discussed nine requirements that First Place Scholars must meet by June 15.

These conditions that will be communicated in a letter to the school could be the end of a long process that began in November, when the commission first started talking about the challenges the new school was facing.

The school has been questioned repeatedly about its efforts to provide special education, its services for children who do not speak English at home, its financial stability and the school's general education plan.

On June 18, the commission plans to vote on whether First Place has met the conditions and whether its charter should be continued or revoked.